My boy and I went trolling 

On Bedford's, Devil Lake.

No hitch to pull our own boat,

So another's we had to take 

We asked a man named, "Ballard"

If to us a boat he'd rent?

He said, "Three-dollars rents one for the day!"

So off to the lake we went.

They were lined up, by the dozen

All shapes and of every size

I guessed any one would "Fill the bill

So, I selected "Number Five."

We mounted on our motor;

Loaded up our gear;

We struck out for the hydro line.

(You start your trollin' there)

The craft had gone but a hundred yards,

When I suddenly began to fret!

'Cause I had the strangest feeling 

That both of my feet were wet.

I looked down at the bottom 

And sure enough did see, 

The water quickly rising;

Heading for my knees. 

I grabbed the bailing bucket;

Told the Young Lad, "Just in case

Better strap your floater on your back

We may not win this race."  

After bailing for several minutes

The water did not rise

I thought, "What the heck."

And let out a hundred yards of line.

So I trolled and bailed, trolled and bailed

Until off Turnip's little bight,  

I knew that seventy feet below

A trout had given a strike. 

So I reeled and bailed, reeled and bailed 

When suddenly in a flash!

A ten-pound trout came into the boat

Giving a mighty splash.

We bailed and trolled into Hardwood Bay

And twice more did the same.

Now three lovely fish we had captured.

(Although they were swimming between my legs)

The Old Rail Fence, it beckoned,

So I bailed and trolled until,

Two more beautiful lake trout

Came over the port gunwale.

The Young Lad, bored, grabbed his spinning rod

And using a lure that'd float,

He caught a couple of lake trout,

Without it leaving the boat.

Well, I bailed and trolled back to the spot

This ghastly boat called "home."

The water flying out of my pail;

Leaving a trail of foam.

We beached the boat and drained it

To recover our amazing luck.

Fifty pounds of lake trout and

It had only cost three-bucks.

Now, there's a moral to every story;

Fishing-ones are much the same.

It isn't, how many fish you catch,

But, �?I>How you play the game!"

If you are ever fishing Devil Lake trout

And wish to bring them back alive,

Just take yourself to Ballard’s

And rent his #5!

 From: “Thro�?My Windows�?by

 ---Glen E. Smith---

AKA ED

* A very beautiful and large lake in Bedford Township, Frontenac County in Eastern Ontario